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Article: WILLIAM J. CASEY, FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE; DEAD AT 74
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 7, 1987
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WASHINGTON - The former director of central intelligence,
William J. Casey, died in a New York hospital yesterday. He was 74.
Mr. Casey, who died of pnuemonia at 1:15 a.m., had been in
intensive care for nearly two weeks. In December doctors removed a
cancerous tumor from his brain.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), former vice chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, said yesterday, "It really is the passing
of an era. I think Bill Casey was sort of a larger-than-life
director of the CIA and I think he's going to be remembered that
way."
Mr. Casey began his intelligence career during World War II,
running spies behind enemy lines in Germany for the Office of
Strategic Services, ...